Deacon Bill McKechnie: A Baseball Biography
Price 29.95 - 56.41 USD
EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9780786460663
Brand
McFarland & Co Inc
Author
Mitchell Conrad Stinson
Pages
246
Year of production
2012
Widely regarded as the best manager of his time, Bill McKechnie built winners at every stop, took four teams to the World Series and became the only man to do it in three different cities. He tamed roughneck players with a fatherly approach to leadership and a scholarly approach to strategy. This biography covers the life of McKechnie from his birth in a Pittsburgh suburb in 1886, through his playing and managing days, to his retirement years in west central Florida. Firsthand accounts come from the author"s interviews with McKechnie"s only surviving child, who also provided family photographs for the book.